Information technology professionals' perceived organizational values and managerial ethics: An empirical study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-159

  Jin, K Gregory ^a,b,c,d   Drozdenko, Ron ^a,e,f,g,h,i   Bassett, Rick ^a,j  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Association of Information Technology Professionals   (United States)

^d DSI   (United States)

^e Ancell School   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g American Marketing Association   (United States)

^h Society for Consumer Psychology

ⁱ Academy of Marketing Sciences

^j PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Information technology professionals; Managerial ethics; Mechanistic and organic organizations; Organizational values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847258875     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9131-4     Document Type: Article

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